Comic Crypt: Marvel BLOOD HUNT’S New Bloody Homage Variant Covers Are Not For The Faint Of Heart! –

We’ve covered Marvel’s BLOOD HUNT event for several weeks now. You have to check out the new red band edition variant covers that are so bloody, they come packaged in a polybag for those who are weak of heart and have a parental advisory. The new homage variant covers celebrate the classic Horror comics. Get more information below.

From The Press Release

New York, NY— March 15, 2024 — BLOOD HUNT, the bloodiest event in Marvel Comics history, kicks off in May. Each issue of the main series, written by Jed MacKay and drawn by Pepe Larraz, will also be available as expanded and unexpurgated special RED BAND EDITIONS. Labeled with a Parental Advisory and polybagged to keep those weak of heart from experiencing its intensity, the RED BAND EDITIONS will contain extra pages of vampiric violence and more graphic art too explicit for the regular edition. In addition, the RED BAND EDITIONS will have its’ own special line of variant covers. Evoking the imagery of classic Horror comics, the new BLOODY HOMAGE VARIANT COVERS give readers a terrifying hint of the savagery awaits readers in Marvel’s first-ever venture into RED BAND storytelling.

Check out Leinil Francis Yu’s haunting depiction of Thor on the BLOODY HOMAGE VARIANT COVER for BLOOD HUNT #1 and stay tuned for more to be revealed in the weeks ahead. For more information, visit Marvel.com.

BLOOD HUNT #1 (OF 5) – 75960620805000111

Red Band Edition – 75960620867800111

Written by JED MACKAY

Art and Cover by PEPE LARRAZ

Colors by MARTE GRACIA

Red Band Edition Bloody Homage Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU – 75960620867800116

On Sale 5/1

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